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Delchev, Petar
🇧🇬FIDE 2903873· Male· Bulgaria· Born in 1976
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Petar Delchev, a 50-year-old Bulgarian player, is rated 2091 and sitting in the top 7% of players worldwide. He has slipped back 36 Elo over the past 12 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent appearances: Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF and Primorsko open-B tournament. Also played 8 rapid (including DOP Men Rapid 2025) and 4 blitz events (including DOP Men Blitz 2025) recently. He had 6 career breaks: 29 months (2001–2004), 23 months (2004–2006), 29 months (2008–2010), 26 months (2010–2012), 25 months (2018–2020) and 34 months (2022–2025). His peak of 2280 was reached at age 25 (Apr 2001); he also reached Bulgarian #64 in Oct 2015.
Competes for Bulgaria since Oct 2018.
Current rating
2091
Standard
Rpd2122·Blz2231
All-time high
2280
−189 pts below
Apr 2001 · age 25
Apr 2001 · age 25
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
Top 7%
#16,243 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2022
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 2127 → returned at 2110
Aug 2022
9th Bulgarian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2143
Apr 2022
2020
100 career games
at age 44
Sep 2020
2018
Switched federation: FID → BUL
at age 42
Oct 2018
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 2226 → returned at 2171
Jul 2018
2017
Switched federation: BUL → FID
at age 41
Oct 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-19
2110 → 2091
Tournaments
2
13 games
Score
9/ 1369.2%
8W2D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsDemir Hadzhaismail1,889·Momchilgrad Classical Chess Tournament-Under the aegis of BSCF·R4·+4.8
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/6 | #16 | 2013 | -5.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 4.5/7 | #15 | 2010 | -14.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMomchil NikolovGM
🇧🇬BUL·2433
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsEmil Petkov
🇧🇬BUL·2054
+0 −2 =4
6 games·last met Jun 2018
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vsNikolay Zhelev
🇧🇬BUL·1855
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSimeon Trendafilov
🇧🇬BUL·2044
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Bulgaria
#84
out of 1,136 players
Europe
#11,815
in continent
World
#16,243
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
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